NEW  YORK  STATE  TEACHERS’  ASSOCIATION 


Some  Inexpensive  Library  Aids  in 
School  Work 

A SELECTED  LIST 


By  ESTHER  M.  DAVIS 
Librarian  of  Brooklyn  Training  School  for  Teachers 

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School  Library  Work 

Organization  and  care  of  school  libraries 

Brown,  M.  W.  Mending  and  repair  of  books.  Chic.  1910.  Amer. 
Library  Asso.  15c. 

Crawford,  Esther.  Cataloging : suggestions  for  a small  library. 
Chic.  1906.  Library  Bureau  Asso.  25c. 

Dana,  J.  C.  Library  primer.  5th  rev.  ed.  Chic.  1910.  Amer. 
Library  Asso.  1.00. 

Ely,  Ruth.  Library  aids  for  the  teacher.  Duluth,  Minn.  1910. 
15c.  (State  Normal  School.  Bulletin,  v.  4,  no.  4.  1910.) 

Milner,  A.  V.  Formation  and  care  of  school  libraries.  Normal, 
111.  1903.  (Illinois  State  Normal  University.  Normal  School 

Quarterly,  ser.  2,  no.  3,  1903.) 

National  Educational  Association.  Report  on  introduction  in 
library  administration  in  normal  schools ; prepared  by  E.  B.  Baldwin, 
1906.  Irwin  Shephard,  secretary,  Winona,  Minn.  10c.  Also  in 
the  Report  of  the  association  for  1906. 

New  York  (State)  Education  Dep’t.  Care  of  school  equipment. 
Alb.  1909.  (Handbook  30.)  free. 

Plummer,  M.  W.  Hints  to  small  libraries.  Chic.  1911.  Amer. 
Library  Asso.  75c. 

Salisbury,  G.  E.  Library  methods  for  school  teachers.  White- 
water,  Wis.  1908.  (State  Normal  School.)  25c. 

Course  of  instruction  in  the  care  of  school  libraries. 

Ao^Whitewater,  Wis.  (State  Normal  School.)  10c. 

Stearns,  L.  E.  Essentials  in  library  administration.  Chic.  1905. 
Amer.  Library  Asso.  15c. 

Walter,  F.  K.  Care  of  school  libraries  and  some  helps  which  are 
available.  New  York  State  Education  Dep’t.  Albany,  N.  Y.  1911. 
free. 

Wisconsin.  Library  Commission.  Library  aids  for  teachers ; a 
brief  list  of  aids  for  organizing  a school*  library.  Madison,  Wis. 
1909. 

Wisconsin.  State  Sup’t  of  Public  Instruction.  Library  methods. 
(In  list  of  books  for  Township  libraries.  1910-1911.  pages  268- 
329.)  Madison,  Wis-.  free. 

(Instructions  for  cataloging.)  (In  List  of  books  for  free 

high  school  libraries.)  Madison,  Wis.  1909.  free. 

Book  Selection 

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General 

American  Library  Asso.  Chicago.  Catalog  of  8000  volumes  for 
a popular  library.  1904.  1.00. 

Booklist;  a monthly  guide  to  best  books.  1.00  per  year. 

550  children’s  books;  comp,  by  Harriet  H.  Stanley.  1910. 


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Carnegie  Library.  Pittsburg , Pa.  Catalog  of  books  in  the  chil- 
dren’s department.  1909.  1.00 

Harwood,  Helen.  Commercial  geography;  a graded  list.  Wis- 
consin Free  Library  Commission.  Madison,  Wis.  1909. 

Kennedy,  H.  T.  Suggestive  list  of  children’s  books  for  a small 
library.  Democrat  Printing  Co.  Madison,  Wis.  1910. 

Michigan.  State  Library.  First  selection  of  children’s  books  for 
a library;  comp,  by  E.  F.  Power.  Lansing,  Mich. 

Minnesota.  Public  School  Commission . Catalog  for  school 

libraries.  St.  Paul,  Minn.  free. 

New  York  {State)  Education  Dep’t.  Handbooks,  nos.  4;  22;  25. 
Albany,  free. 

Note : These  handbooks  contain  snggestive  lists  of  books  on  science, 
history  and  general  books  for  teachers  and  pupils. 

Selection  of  best  books.  Issued  annually  for  current 

books,  free. 

Olcott,  Frances  Jenkins.  Select  class  room  libraries ; a list  of 
200  good  books  for  children.  N.  Y.  State  Teachers’  Association. 
(Albany),  1911.  free. 

Oregon,  University  of.  Eugene  Ore.  Public  school  libraries  for 
all  grades  including  a high  school  library  and  a reference  library 
for  teachers  of  English.  1903. 


Elementary  schools 


Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Public  Library.  Class-room  libraries  for  public 
schools.  1909.  31c. 

Carnegie  Public  Library.  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Catalog  of  books 
annotated  . . . for  the  use  of  the  first  eight  grades  in  the  Pitts- 
burg schools.  1907.  50c. 

Ely,  Ruth.  Graded  list  of  books  for  the  school  library.  (State 
Normal  School,  Duluth,  Wis.)  15c. 

Michigan.  State  Library.  List  of  books  for  school  libraries. 
Graded  from  i-8th  grades.  Lansing,  Mich.  1908.  free. 

Minnesota  Public  Library  Commission.  Teachers’  assistant;  a 
selected  list  . . . arranged  for  rural  schools.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Nebraska.  Public  Library  Commission.  Graded  list  of  books 
for  school  libraries.  Lincoln,  Neb.  1903-1910.  free. 

New  York  {city).  Dep’t  of  Education.  Catalog  of  books  for 
public  school  libraries.  1910. 

Newark,  N.  J.  Free  Public  Library.  Books  for  schoolroom 
libraries.  Graded  list  for  the  use  of  Newark  teachers. 

Oregon.  Library  Commission.  List  of  books  for  elementary  and 
country  school  districts.  Salem,  Ore.  1907.  15c. 


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High  school 

Bracq,  J.  C.  domp.  Selected  list  of  French  books.  Amer. 
Library  Asso.  Chic.  25c. 

Colorado,  University  of.  Bibliography  of  high  school  reference 
books.  1903.  Boulder,  Col.  50c. 

Gattiker,  Emma.  Selected  list  of  German  books.  Amer.  Library 
Asso.  Chic.  50c. 

Meader,  C.  L.  List  of  books  for  a high  school  classical  library. 
Macmillan,  N.  Y.  10c. 

Michigan.  State  Board  of  Library  Commissioners.  List  of 
books  for  high  school  libraries.  Lansing,  Mich.  1909.  free. 

Oregon.  Library  Commission.  Books  for  high  school  pupils. 
Portland,  Ore.  * 25c. 

Wisconsin.  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  List  of 
books  for  high  school  libraries.  C.  P.  Cary,  Madison,  Wis.  15c. 

Teachers’  Professional  Library 

Lists  of  "best  books 

Columbia  University.  Books  on  education  in  the  libraries  of 
Columbia  university.  (Library  bulletins  no.  2.)  N.  Y.  1901. 

Cubberly,  E.  P.  Syllabus  of  lectures  on  the  history  of  education 
with  selected  bibliographies  and  suggested  readings.  Ed.  2 rev. 
1904.  Macmillan,  N.  Y.  2.50 

Monroe,  IV.  S.  Bibliography  of  education.  N.  Y.  1897.  (Inter- 
national educ.  ser.) 

Monroe,  Paid,  ed.  Cyclopedia  of  education.  . . . v.  1-2. 

N.  Y.  1911.  Macm.  5.00  ea. 

Note:  Important  articles  followed  by  valuable  bibliographies. 

New  York  (state).  Education  Dep’t.  Course  of  study  and 
syllabus  for  the  college  graduate  professional  certificate. 

Alb.  1910.  free. 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education.  Teacher’s  professional  library; 
classified  list  of  100  titles.  Wash.  1909.  free 

Annual  summaries  of  books  on  education 

Bibliography  of  current  periodical  literature  upon  education.  (In 
Education,  an  international  magazine,  1881-date.) 

Bibliography  of  education  for  1906 ; comp,  by  J.  I.  Wyer  and 
M.  G.  Brown.  (In  Educational  review,  v.  34.  1907.) 

Note : Published  since  1907  as  a bulletin  of  the  Bureau  of  Education 

Educational  Review.  Reviews  and  notices  of  best  educationa, 
books  in  each  number. 

Pedagogical  seminary ; an  international  record  of  educational  lit- 
erature, institutions  and  progress.  Worcester,  Mass. 

Note : Reviews  of  best  books  and  a bibliography  of  child  study  each 
year,  by  L.  N.  Wilson,  librarian  of  Clark  University. 


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Pschological  index;  an  annual  bibliography  of  the  literature  of 
psychology  and  cognate  subjects. 

Note:  Contains  list  of  books  on  child  study,  child  psychology,  peda- 
gogy, etc. 

Publishers’  weekly.  Educational  number  published  in  July  each 
year. 

Lists  of  magazines 

Jones,  K.  N.  comp.  Magazines  for  a small  library.  Amer. 
Library  Asso.  78  E.  Washington  street,  Chic.  25c. 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education.  Educational  periodicals.  (In  Report 
1910,  v.  1.) 


Children’s  reading 

Bibliography 

Baker,  F.  T.  comp.  Bibliography  of  children’s  reading.  (Pub- 
lished in  Teachers’  College  Record,  Columbia  University,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  and  March,  1908.)  Also  published  in  separate  form  at  60c. 

Connecticut.  Public  Library  Document.  Helps  in  library  work 
with  children.  Hartford,  Conn.  1909. 

Widdemer,  Margaret.  Bibliography  of  books  and  articles  on 
children’s  reading.  (In  the  Bulletin  of  Bibliography,  v.  6.  1911. 

Pub.  by  Boston  Book  Co.  30c.  a number) 


Suggestions  for  a child’s  library 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Public  Library.  (A)  child’s  own  library;  by 
C.  W.  Hunt.  1911.  4c. 

Carnegie  Library.  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Gifts  for  children’s  book 
shelves.  5c. 

Pratt  Institute  Free  Library.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Books  for 
Christmas  for  the  children.  1911.  2c. 

Note:  Excellent  list  of  illustrated  editions  of  children’s  best  books. 
Minnesota.  Public  Library  Commission.  Children’s  books  for 
Christmas  gifts.  St.  Paul,  Minn.  1910.  free. 


Reading  lists 

Book  marks  for  children.  Democrat  Printing  Co.  Madison, 
Wis.  25c.  per  100. 

Note:  Attractive  lists  of  a few  of  the  best  books  for  the  use  of  children 
from  first  grade  through  high  school. 


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Boston,  Mass.  Public  Library.  Brief  list  of  books  for  home 
reading  for  boys  and  girls.  1910. 

Brief  list  of  books  about  gardening  for  boys  and  girls. 

2d  ed.  Bost.  1907. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y . Public  Library.  Books  for  boys  and  girls ; 
by  C.  W.  Hunt.  1911.  5c. 

Carnegie  Library.  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Annotated  catalog  of  books 
used  in  the  home  libraries  and  reading  clubs.  1905.  25c. 

Cleveland,  O.  Public  Library . Children’s  leaf.  No.  1-6.  1905- 
08.  free. 

Connecticut.  Public  Library  Commission.  Books  on  sicence  and 
useful  arts  adapted  to  children.  (In  Connecticut  Public  Library 
Document.  No.  2.  1901.) 

Mankato,  Minn.  Public  library.  Some  books  for  boys.  Some 
helps  for  little  housekeepers. 

New  York  Public  Library.  Old  favorites  and  recent  books  for 
boys  and  girl^s.  N.  Y.,  1911.  free. 

St.  Louis.  Public  Library.  Reading  lists  for  the  young. 

Note:  Book  mark  reading  lists,  free. 

Scott , C.  E.  comp.  Popular  books  for  boys  and  girls.  Indiana 
Library  Commission,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  1911. 

Thompson,  L.  V.  Children’s  reading  lists  on  arts  and  artists. 
Bost.  1900.  25c.  Boston  Book  Co. 

What  shall  we  read  now?  List  of  books  for  children  from  four 
to  fourteen  years  old,  for  grades  from  1-8.  Compiled  by  the  East 
Orange  Library  and  the  Children’s  room  of  Pratt  Institute  Free 
Library,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  10c. 


Stories  and  story  telling 


Boston,  Mass.  Public  library.  Finding  list  of  fairy  tales  and  folk 
stories.  1908. 

Carnegie  Library.  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Bedtime  reading  for  children. 

5C- 

Good  stories  to  tell  children  under  twelve  years  of  age.  5c. 

Selections  for  reading  aloud  to  boys  and  girls.  5c. 

Story  hour  courses  for  children  from  Greek  myths ; the 

Iliad  and  the  Odyssey.  5c. 

Storytelling  from  Norse  mythology.  5c. 

King  Arthur  and  Robin  Hood  stories.  5c. 

Dayton,  O.  Public  Library.  Library  manual  for  teachers  and 
parents.  1907. 

Note:  List  of  stories  to  be  told  to  children  under  12  years  of  age. 
Gilbert,  C.  B.  and  Harris,  A.  V.  Graded  list  of  poems  and  stories  ; 
for  use  in  the  schools.  Silver  Burdett.  N.  Y.  1901. 

Hassler,  H.  E.  Graded  list  of  stories  for  reading  aloud.  1908. 
(Public  Library  Commission  of  Indiana.)  10c.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


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Prentice  & Power.  Graded  list  of  stories  for  reading  aloud. 
(Indiana.  Public  Library  Commission.)  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Salisbury,  G.  E.  Index  to  short  stories.  Whitewater,  Wis. 
State  Normal  School.  Bulletin  v.  3,  no.  3-4.  1906.  30c. 

Storytelling.  (In  Playground,  published  monthly  by  the  Play- 
ground Asso.  of  America,  v.  4,  no.  5.  Aug.  1910.  1 Madison 

Ave.,  New  York.  25c.  each  number.) 


Nature  study  helps 

Brooklyn  Institute.  Children's  museum.  Some  books  on  nature 
study  in  the  Children’s  museum  library;  Comp,  by  M.  S.  Draper. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  free. 

Coulter,  J.  G.  and  Patterson,  A.  J.  Notes  on  nature-study.  Nor- 
mal, 111.  1909.  5c.  (Illinois  State  Normal  Univ.  Normal  School 

Quarterly,  ser.  7,  no.  30.  1909.) 

Cornell  University.  College  of  Agriculture.  Nature  study  leaf- 
lets. Ithaca,  N.  Y.  free. 

Home  nature  study  course.  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  free. 

Hampton  Institute.  Nature  Study  Bureau.  Course  in  nature 
study  for  primary  grades.  Hampton,  Va. 

Holtz,  F.  L.  Primary  information  books  and  nature  stories  . . . 
for  grades  from  the  kindergarten  to  the  4th  inclusive  ...  (In 
his  Nature  study.  1908.  Scribner  N.  Y.)  1.50. 

Massachusetts.  Board  of  Education.  Bulletin  no.  1,  1911. 
Agricultural  projects  for  elementary  schools.  Bost.  1911. 

New  York  (state).  Education  Dep't.  Selected  books  on  nature 
study  for  schools  and  libraries  by  E.  L.  Bascom.  (In  Arbor  Day 
Annual.  1910.)  free. 

U.  S.  Bureau  of  Education.  Agricultural  education  including 
nature  study  and  school  gardens.  (Bulletin  no.  2,  1907.)  Wash, 
free. 

On  the  training  of  persons  to  teach  agriculture  in  the 

public  schools.  (Bulletin  no.  1,  1908).  free.  Wash. 

U.  S.  Dep't  of  Agriculture.  Free  publications  of  the  Dep’t  of 
agriculture  classified  for  the  use  of  teachers,  by  D.  J.  Crosby  and 
F.  W.  Howe.  Wash.  1910.  free.  (Farmers’  bulletin.  Wash.) 

Important  ! 

“To  know  what  public  documents  there  are  on  a given  subject  apply  to 
the  Sup’t  of  Documents,  Washington,  D.  C.  To  get  these  documents  free 
of  charge  apply  to  the  Representative  of  the  Congressional  District.” 


Helps  in  holiday  and  anniversary  celebrations 

Chicago.  Public  Library.  Special  reading  lists,  nos.  1 & 2. 
Cleveland,  O.,  Public  Library.  Special  reading  lists ; school  holi- 
day series.  H.  W.  Wilson,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


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Hazeltine,  M.  E.  Anniversaries  and  holidays;  references  and 
suggestions  for  picture  bulletins.  Chic.  1909.  Amer.  Library 
Asso.  25c. 

Illinois.  State  Sup’t  of  Public  Instruction.  Arbor  Day,  Bird  Day, 
Memorial  Day.  Springfield,  111. 

McCurdy,  R.  M.  & Coulter,  E.  M.  Bibliography  of  articles  relat- 
ing to  holidays.  Bost.  Book  Co.  Bost.  1907.  25c. 

Nebraska.  Department  of  Public  Instruction.  Special  days. 
Lincoln,  Neb. 

New  York  ( state ).  Education  Deft.  Arbor  Day  annual. 
Albany,  free. 

Schauffler,  R.  H..  ed.  Our  American  holidays.  1,  Thanksgiving ; 
2,  Christmas;  3,  Lincoln;  4,  Washington;  5,  Arbor  Day;  6,  Memo- 
rial Day.  N.  Y.  Moffett,  Yard  Co.  $1.00  each. 

Skinner,  C.  R.  Arbor  Day  manual.  . . . Ed.  2.  Syracuse, 

N.  Y.  Bardeen,  1896. 

Stevenson,  B.  E.  & Stevenson,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Days  and  deeds. 
Baker  & Taylor.  N.  Y.  v.  1,  Book  of  verse.  1906.  v.  2,  Book  of 
prose.  1907. 

Wisconsin.  Free  Library  Commission,  Wisconsin.  Library  bul- 
letin. Madison,  Wis. 

Wisconsin.  State  Sup't  of  Public  Instruction.  Arbor  Day  and 
Bird  Day  annual.  Madison,  Wis. 

Note:  For  sources  of  illustrative  material  see  Hazeltine,  M.  E.  Anni- 
versaries and  holidays,  pages  21-23. 


Aids  in  training  students  in  the  use  of  books 

Gilson,  M.  J.  Course  of  study  for  normal  school  pupils  on  the 
use  of  a library.  Elm  Tree  Press,  Woodstock,  Vt.  1909.  75c. 

(Modern  library  economy  as  illustrated  by  the  Newark  Public 
Library.  Pt.  5.  School  department.) 

Sherwin  Cody.  Dictionary  habit ; teaching  the  use  of  the  dic- 
tionary. 7 lessons.  G.  & C.  Merriam  Co.,  Springfield,  Mass.  free. 

Hopkins,  F.  M.  Outlines  of  instruction  of  high  school  students 
in  the  use  of  the  library.  Detroit,  Mich.  Central  High  School. 
Address,  Dr.  D.  McKenzie.  4c. 

Ward,  Gilbert.  Practical  use  of  books  and  libraries.  Bost. 
1911.  Boston  Book  Co.  1.00.  Teaching  outline.  Bost.  1911. 
Bost.  Book  Co.  50c. 


High  School  Reading  Lists 

Carnegie  Library  of  Pittsburgh.  Some  entertaining  biographies. 
1910.  5 cents. 

Cleveland,  Ohio.  East  High  School.  College  reading  list : col- 
lege life  and  college  stories. 


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Hitchcock,  A.  M.  Journeys  in  fiction.  Allyn  & Bacon.  Bost. 
io  cents. 

Mankato  Public  Library,  Mankato,  Minn . For  a girl’s  pleasure. 
For  a boy’s  pleasure  and  profit. 

Newark  Public  Library,  ioo  best  novels.  R.  H.  Huntting,  pub- 
lisher. Springfield,  Mass,  price,  50  cents  per  hundred  copies. 

Reading  for  pleasure  and  profit.  1910.  Newark  Public 

Library,  Newark,  N.  J.  10  cents. 

A thousand  of  the  best  novels.  5 cents. 

Springfield,  Mass.  Public  Library.  List  of  interesting  books. 
5 cents.  v 

Utica  Public  Library,  Utica,  N.  Y.  Selected  list  of  historical 
fiction.  1911. 


Debating 


Carnegie  Library,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Debate  index.  20c. 

Debaters  handbooks  series.  H.  W.  Wilson  Co.  Minneapolis, 
Minn.  $1.00  each. 

Note:  Each  volume  is  devoted  to  some  one  topic  with  selected 
articles,  a brief,  and  a bibliography.  Topics  included  are  Direct 
primary , Income  tax , Commission  government , etc. 

Wisconsin,  University  of,  Madison , Wis.  Debating  and  public 
discussion,  a series  of  pamphlets.  General  statement.  1910.  5c. 

Contains  a list  of  aids  to  debaters  consisting  of  about  20  pamphlets 
on  various  topics..  5 cents  each. 

Debating  societies;  organization  and  procedure.  1909.  5 

cents. 

How  to  judge  a debate.  1910.  10  cents. 


Vocational  Guidance 


Bibliography  of  books  and  periodicals  in  English  and  German 
dealing  with  vocational  direction.  Vocation  Bureau,  101  Tremont 
St.,  Bost. 

Choosing  a career.  2 pamphlets.  Circular  for  boys.  10  cents. 
Circular  for  girls.  10  cents.  E.  W.  Weaver,  25  Jefferson  Ave., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Davis,  Jesse.  List  of  books  on  vocational  guidance  used  by 
English  department  of  Grand  Rapids  High  School,  Michigan,  for 
themes  and  essays.  (In  Grand  Rapids  Public  Library.)  Bulletin. 
Oct.  1911,  pp.  150-56. 

New  York  School  of  Philanthropy.  105  East  22d  Street,  New 
York  City.  Vocational  guidance.  (Library  bulletin  no.  2.)  Free. 
Nov.  1911. 


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Addresses  of  Firms  Mentioned 

American  Library  Association. 

Publishing  Board  i Washington  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Boston  Book  Co. 

83-91  Francis  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Cary,  C.  P. 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  Madison,  Wis. 
Democrat  Printing  Co. 

Madison,  Wis. 

Library  Bureau. 

37  S.  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

University  Extension  Division. 

University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison,  Wis. 

Wilson,  H.  W.  & Co. 

Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Wisconsin  Library  Commission, 

Madison,  Wis. 


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